floppY diSKs???

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FLOPPY DISKS

What?

Small size

Removable

Media storage devices

Its

Record data

onto

a thin

circular magnetic film encased

in a flat, 

square plastic jacket

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history!!!

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In 1971, 

IBM introduced the 8-inch floppy disk, 

initial capacity was about 100K bytes (100,000 characters) 

In 1976, 

Shugart introduced the 5 1/4-inchfloppy disk. 

Initial capacity was about 100K, 

eventually reaching 1.2M bytes per disk. 

In 1977,

The Northstar Horizon

was one of the first computers

 with built-in 5 1/4-inchfloppy drives, 

they held 90K of data each.

In 1979,

the Radio Shack TRS-80 II computer system 

had an internal 8-inch floppy drive 

capable of storing 500K of data. 

In 1980, 

Sony introduced 

the 3 1/2-inch floppy disk. 

Initially holding about 400K, 

current capacity is 1.4Meg per disk. 

In 1984, 

the Apple Macintosh 

had an internal 3 1/2-inch floppy drive 

capable of storing 400K of data. 

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Today 

other storage devices 

that are more 

convenient and robust, 

such as

 compact disks and memory sticks, 

have largely replaced floppy disks.

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